Go away old man winter

This is gettin' ridiculous.  After lots of nice melting and getting woken up twice overnight recently by booming thunderstorms, it got cold enough to put a fresh layer of white everywhere.  Barf.

Average winter snowfall here is 55.9."  That sounds fabulous right about now.  With 84.7", we have now crept into the spot for 5th snowiest winter of all time (since record keeping began, anyway).  It's been 27 years since we had more snow than this year.

These stats are from Paul Douglas at the Star Trib:

84.6" snow so far this winter in the Twin Cities (average winter snowfall is 55.9").

4.5" official snowfall from our most recent storm at MSP International. Downtowns saw closer to 6".

5th snowiest winter season on record in the Twin Cities.

1983-84 the last winter we had more snow than we're having this winter.

4" on the ground as of Wednesday evening.

1.48" precipitation fell on the Twin Cities from March 22-23 (rain, ice and melted snow).

4.07" precipitation since January 1 (.94" more than average, to date).

March 29-30 (next Tuesday/Wednesday): projected NOAA crest of the Mississippi River in St. Paul (4 feet above major flood stage).

58 F. predicted high in the Twin Cities on Sunday, April 3.

On the other hand, here are the stats for the 10 least snowy winters.  Crazy how much it can vary year to year.  Lets have one 'o these next winter.  (courtesy of this site)

10 Least Snowy Winters in the Twin Cities
1930-31	14.2
1894-95	16.2
1986-87	17.4
1967-68	17.5
1958-59	19.1
1920-21	20.6
1980-81	21.1
1957-58	21.2
1901-02	22.4
1913-14	22.5